科顿姆的“教育无用性”思想概述

On the Daniel Cottom's Thought That Education is Inefficacious

丹尼尔.科顿姆于2003年出版了一部名为《教育为何是无用的》的著作来专门阐释教育的无用性。然而,科顿姆并不简单地认为教育是无用的,而是认为,过于功利化的、过于体制化的、过于理想化的教育是无用的。相反,他认为无用性———摆脱了功利主义的有用性———是教育一切价值的来源。要实现科顿姆所言的教育无用性,必须使教育具有一定的独立性、无目的性和精神品性。

The viewpoint that the education is useless is well explained in Why Education Is Useless written in 2003 by Daniel Cottom. However, Cottom don＇t simply think the education is unuseful. According to the Cottom＇s thought, the education that is over-utilitarianized, over-institutionized, over-idealized is of no use. In his idea, the inefficacy-got rid off usefulness of Utilitarianism-is the source of all educational value. To realize the inefficacy that Cottom suggested, the education should have a little independence, intrinsic aim and inspiritment.